As you may or may not already know, the days of the unlimited internet died in Canada this month.<\/p>\n
Gone are the days where one wouldn’t need to worry about limits and extra charges because Shaw<\/strong> and Primus<\/strong> have decided to go the way of Bell<\/strong> and Rogers<\/strong>. They have decided to use caps and extra fees.<\/p>\n When I had originally joined Bell Sympatico<\/strong> years back I had a relatively inexpensive plan and unlimited internet for years.<\/p>\n The speed of the connection was o.k but this was prior to the higher resolution videos on Youtube<\/a>, the site I frequent the most, and eventually I wanted to upgrade to a faster connection.<\/p>\n Unfortunately when I was offered the faster connection, at a cheaper price, I was introduced to capping. I was limited to a 60 gigabite amount with optional extra gigabites for a few dollars more.<\/p>\n I was not informed that I would have my uploads and downloads limited to 60 gigabites so I was disappointed. But I had never surpassed 40 gigabites anyway, so I managed it.<\/p>\n A year or two back Bell contacted me once more. They were offering a faster connection and more discounts. But this time I scrutinized the offer and found out they were going to reduce my uploads and downloads to 40 gigabites.<\/p>\n Yes, they were going to take $10 off my bill. But I would then need to pay $5 of it back to get extra gigabites to cover the higher amount of transfers I was now at because of chatting and the 720p videos on Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n I of course explained the situation and the salesperson concured that it wasn’t in my best interest to take this offer.<\/p>\n